Toy Drawing 6: Reader Popeye Studies

I would like to see a little more construction. See the forms that make up the overall outline-and then how each individual form flows into each other.Of course you have all thought of the obvious analogy of cartoons and chainsaws. Like, what if the same people who run the cartoon business got ahold of the chainsaw industry? My take on that is coming...

Here's a different kind of Popeye study: Find two of Dave Fleischer's most magnificent tributes to Noble Manly Violence, both from 1936 when the series truly hit its stride: "Brotherly Love" and "Clean Shaven Man." Notice the distinction between violence and actual hate. These shorts are not about hate - there is an exuberance and a charm that few other animators were ever able to capture, and especially in such a gritty and urban way. The Fleischers only rarely showed interest in capturing the exotic travel aspect of the Segar original - they took the characters and molded them convincingly for urban audiences like themselves. Look at how they captured the essence of brilliant studio animation and made comedy which endures over seventy damn years later.